This is it!! the end of the PKRA Tour has arrived, we all live thru so much together, from moments of pure happiness to frustration and disappointment, the important thing is that we were a strong crew all the way, pursuing personal goals and at the same time working together to promote our sport and have a brighter future for it.
To celebrate such an important journey we had a gala dinner to present the winners of the event and the overall ranking, it was a beautiful ceremony, everyone was looking sharp on our gala outfits and most importantly we're all smiling and having a good time.
For myself I'm very happy with how this competition year finished for me, I won the event here at Gold Coast and with that result finished in 2nd on the overall ranking. When I look back to how this year started for me I can't believe I actually managed to have such a good outcome, I've been thru all kinds of obstacles, you name it, it happened to me this year! On the process I've learned a lot and I wouldn't have done it any other way, I'm happy to have been able to turn things around and pick it up towards the end of the year to finish in 2nd.
For my partners on this crazy world tour, thanks everyone, it's been a pleasure to do all of that in your company and see you next year!!
1st at the singles on the Gold Coast
After a long wait for the wind we had a real taste of Goal Coast's sick conditions, the wind started off early and slowly built up during the day until it was perfect for a 9m session, just add the kickers and we were set! The sun came out strong and lots of people that were complaining about the rain regretted, we all fried on the beach, it's amazing how much the sun burns here, no wander in every competitor pack there was a bottle of sunscreen! Without it it would've been catastrophe.
My first heat was against my friend and team mate Johara Sykes-Davies, I love to start off like that because we always have fun in our heats, then I met Jalou Langeree on the semi-finals, it's good to have hair back after her absence on tour, and her come back was quite impressive, she pulled out some powerful moves such as blind judges and s-bend passes. After Jalou I met Gisela Pulido for the finals, I started off with a blind judge 3 that came out pretty good and it just felt right, so the rest of the heat fell on track and I took the win.
Now we'll wait to see if there will be any wind for the doubles, since the beginning of the event the wind hasn't shown up very often, instead we had quite a lot of rain, but I've been having a great time here, even the rain didn't bother me… I've been surfing everyday and even got some session in sick spots like Snapper Rocks and South Stradie :)
My first heat was against my friend and team mate Johara Sykes-Davies, I love to start off like that because we always have fun in our heats, then I met Jalou Langeree on the semi-finals, it's good to have hair back after her absence on tour, and her come back was quite impressive, she pulled out some powerful moves such as blind judges and s-bend passes. After Jalou I met Gisela Pulido for the finals, I started off with a blind judge 3 that came out pretty good and it just felt right, so the rest of the heat fell on track and I took the win.
Now we'll wait to see if there will be any wind for the doubles, since the beginning of the event the wind hasn't shown up very often, instead we had quite a lot of rain, but I've been having a great time here, even the rain didn't bother me… I've been surfing everyday and even got some session in sick spots like Snapper Rocks and South Stradie :)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)